Whilst the Somerset batsmen were out in the middle securing a draw from their match against Surrey Peter Anderson looked ahead to the vital games that his side are facing in the next few days.

He told me: “Clearly a priority is to bolster our position in Division One of both the County Championship and the NUL National League, which has not been helped by the number of bowling injuries that we have attracted over the last few weeks.”

He continued: “We hope to have Andrew Caddick available for the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy match against Worcester on July 17th, and after Duncan Fletcher has told him that he needs to get a Somerset game under his belt there is also a chance that he might be available for the championship match against Sussex starting on July 19th , but how fit he will be we just don’t know.”

The chief continued: “We also hope to have Johnson back for the C and G game, but once again how fit he will be we don’t’ know. With Simon Francis breaking his finger and being out for a month, and Tucker and Trego both injured, once again we will be relying upon the old trooper Graham Rose.”

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